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Factors Associated with Decline in Child Kidney Function Identified
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Mar 18 09
Characteristics associated with proteinuria—a predictor of decline in child kidney function—have been identified, according to a study appearing in the March 2009 issue of…
Frequency of Disposable Diaper Changing and Urinary Tract Infection in Infants
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Mar 16 09
A study from Japan looked at the frequency of diaper changing in relation to urinary tract infection. The theory behind this study was…
Kidney disease increases the risk of stroke in patients
• Urine Problems • • Stroke • Mar 04 09
Chronic kidney disease increases the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common type of heart arrhythmia, according to…
Many people suffer from overactive bladder: study
• Urine Problems • Feb 25 09
Overactive bladder and other urinary problems may be much more common than previously thought, according to a new survey of patients waiting to see…
Healthy People with High Urinary Protein Levels have Elevated Kidney Disease Risk
• Urine Problems • Feb 12 09
Measuring the amount of protein lost in the urine can identify individuals at risk of developing kidney disease, according to a study appearing in…
New Clinical Equation Accurately Measures Kidney Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jan 22 09
Measuring a child’s kidney function has traditionally been time-consuming, costly, and difficult to perform, but a new equation that uses parameters collected at routine…
New Urine Test Detects Common Cause of Kidney Transplant Failure
• Urine Problems • Jan 22 09
A new and simple urine test can detect polyomavirus nephropathy, a relatively new and serious complication that affects up to 9% of kidney…
Simple Model Predicts Those at Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease
• Urine Problems • Dec 23 08
Traditionally, doctors have had no clear way to predict which of their patients might be headed down the road to chronic kidney disease (CKD).…
Urine Protein Test Detects Kidney Dysfunction in Transplant Patients
• Urine Problems • Nov 27 08
A noninvasive test that analyzes proteins in the urine can correctly identify patients whose transplanted kidneys are failing, according to a study appearing…
Very Low Birth Weight is a Risk Factor for One Cause of CKD
• Urine Problems • Nov 20 08
Individuals who were underweight at birth are at increased risk of developing a condition called secondary focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, according to a study appearing…
Incontinence: Millions Suffer Unnecessarily
• Urine Problems • Nov 10 08
More than 15 million Americans, primarily women, suffer from incontinence. About 25 percent of females and 15 percent of males over the age of…
Risk of Kidney Failure Higher Among African Americans with Lupus Nephritis
• Rheumatic Diseases • • Urine Problems • Oct 26 08
Racial and ethnic disparities in systemic lupus erythematosus, and one of its worst complications, kidney failure, continue to grow in the U.S. The number…
Celebrex reduces frequency of nighttime urination
• Urine Problems • Oct 16 08
Taking a widely used arthritis drug could reduce swelling in men with an enlarged prostate, leading to less frequent nightly trips to the bathroom…
International drug study shows rapid improvement in overactive bladder symptoms
• Urine Problems • Oct 09 08
Patients with overactive bladders who took part in a multi-centre study to measure the effectiveness of solifenacin noticed improvements in as little as three…
Depressed Dialysis Patients More Likely to be Hospitalized Or Die
• Depression • • Urine Problems • Sep 15 08
Dialysis patients diagnosed with depression are nearly twice as likely to be hospitalized or die within a year than those who are not depressed,…
Bladder-Brain Link May Point to Better Treatments for Sleep, Attention Problems
• Brain • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Urine Problems • Jul 29 08
Bladder problems may leave a mark on the brain, by changing patterns of brain activity, possibly contributing to disrupted sleep and problems with attention.…
Kidney transplants less successful at night
• Urine Problems • Jul 15 08
Kidney transplants should be carried out during the day if possible. At least this is the conclusion suggested by a survey just published by…
Urologic Problems You Should Not Ignore This School Year
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jul 14 08
Your son hurts himself “down there” while playing on the see-saw, your daughter doesn’t want to attend a sleepover because she wets the bed,…
Male kidneys for men only?
• Gender: Male • • Urine Problems • Jul 09 08
New analysis of the Heidelberg “Collaborative Transplant Study”: Men and Women benefit from gender specific transplants / Publication in “The Lancet”
The gender of…
Drinking less reduces overactive bladder symptoms
• Urine Problems • Jun 24 08
For people with overactive bladder problems, cutting fluid intake by 25 percent can improves symptoms substantially, new research from the UK shows.
An overactive…
Researchers seek children for a study of antibiotics for a urinary tract disorder
• Children's Health • • Urine Problems • Jun 20 08
Researchers conducting a study to learn if children with a urinary tract disorder known as vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) should be treated with an antibiotic…
Low thyroid function common in chronic kidney disease
• Endocrinology • • Urine Problems • Jun 11 08
Many patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) have mild reductions in thyroid function, or subclinical hypothyroidism—a condition that becomes more common as kidney function…
Maternal Exposure to Persistent Organic Pollutants Linked to Urologic Conditions in Boys
• Urine Problems • May 15 08
Higher incidences of congenital anomalies, including cryptorchidism (undescended testicles) and hypospadias, were found in boys whose mothers had higher serum levels of certain organochlorine…
Listening to the urinary stream
• Urine Problems • Apr 23 08
Microphone replaces catheter for diagnosis of voiding symptoms.
Benign prostate enlargement affects most of the elder men and often compresses the urethra…
Low birth weight linked to kidney disease in men
• Urine Problems • Mar 26 08
There appears to be an association between low birth weight and chronic kidney disease in adulthood in men, but this relationship was not seen…